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Phobos said:
I wont ask if that’s counting men’s second heads or not.
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well here I wouldn't know, but one place in my town proves they aren't scared of us anymore. sheep are usually afraid of the presence of anything else, but here they just walk into peoples yards and stuff. you can chase them off, just they wander everywhere
 
~AyaMachi~ said:
they'd look at me in surprise when I told them I'm from Wrexham - they think my accent belongs in Gwynnedd
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I'm sure I once got told that my accent sounds like I'm from Aberdeen, even further up north. I've never even been there!

As for the funny story, well...

That band I mentioned, The View, apparently released a live DVD that had some interviews on it as "bonus" content. I have it on good authority that the interviews have the option of, wait for it...

English-language subtitles! 😂
I mean, jesus, it's not even a foreign language or anything. It just sounds like it. 😋

In fact, a former workmate of mine once told me he was passing these two dudes in the streets once, I he couldn't even tell until he passed right by them whether it was Polish or Dundonian they were speaking. Not that they sound alike: it was just that it was... incomprehensible to his non-Dundonian ear!
 
Captaaainuniverse said:
well here I wouldn't know, but one place in my town proves they aren't scared of us anymore. sheep are usually afraid of the presence of anything else, but here they just walk into peoples yards and stuff. you can chase them off, just they wander everywhere
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Yeah, you get the ones that wander freely on the moors that don't give two s**ts if they walk into the middle of the road. I nearly ran one of the b*****d things over once; stupid thing stood there with a non-plussed expression on it's face, meanwhile, I nearly ended up on two wheels and bonnet first into a river...
 
~AyaMachi~ said:
Yeah, you get the ones that wander freely on the moors that don't give two s**ts if they walk into the middle of the road. I nearly ran one of the b*****d things over once; stupid thing stood there with a non-plussed expression on it's face, meanwhile, I nearly ended up on two wheels and bonnet first into a river...
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Can you blame it? The sheep was fine, why should it care if people nearly driving into it aren’t?
 
~AyaMachi~ said:
Yeah, you get the ones that wander freely on the moors that don't give two s**ts if they walk into the middle of the road. I nearly ran one of the b*****d things over once; stupid thing stood there with a non-plussed expression on it's face, meanwhile, I nearly ended up on two wheels and bonnet first into a river...
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yup, my dad used to drive me to my nans we had to go through somewhere pretty rural, the sheep were always crossing the road, thousands of the buggers everywhere. as i've said they're always at the bottom of town, and where I live is a little more urban, they've been round my area not caring either. both at the top and the bottom of my very district
 
Phobos said:
Hey, your tea comes to you. Can you ask for much more?
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I can't stand lamb or mutton XD

Neil.T said:
I'm sure I once got told that my accent sounds like I'm from Aberdeen, even further up north. I've never even been there!

As for the funny story, well...

That band I mentioned, The View, apparently released a live DVD that had some interviews on it as "bonus" content. I have it on good authority that the interviews have the option of, wait for it...

English-language subtitles! 😂
I mean, jesus, it's not even a foreign language or anything. It just sounds like it. 😋

In fact, a former workmate of mine once told me he was passing these two dudes in the streets once, I he couldn't even tell until he passed right by them whether it was Polish or Dundonian they were speaking. Not that they sound alike: it was just that it was... incomprehensible to his non-Dundonian ear!
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Hmm, now, is an Aberdeen native an Aberdonian? The accents seem strong from there!

Ah that made me laugh indeed! Translating a Scots accent into understandable English XD I guess when you're not used to hearing the sounds then it can be difficult to determine. When I hear Alex Ferguson talk, I can barely understand him, but I don't think it's just his accent, it's how he talks - it all seems to meld into one long slurry word XD

Do you know any interesting Scottish slang words? I bet there's some great sounding ones ^^
 
Captaaainuniverse said:
yup, my dad used to drive me to my nans we had to go through somewhere pretty rural, the sheep were always crossing the road, thousands of the buggers everywhere. as i've said they're always at the bottom of town, and where I live is a little more urban, they've been round my area not caring either. both at the top and the bottom of my very district
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They truly do get everywhere. As a fellow Welsh person, I get this!
 
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